As a go-between for the world’s richest men, Scot Young made millions — then claims he lost them

At a glamorous book launch in Mayfair last year, Scot Young grasped the hand
of his model girlfriend as they posed for pictures. With the slick venue and
the nubile blonde, Young neatly fitted the profile of one of England’s
wealthiest and best-connected men. But the 48-year-old’s scruffy stubble,
baseball cap and cheap black T-shirt helped to project another image: that
of a penniless pauper whose £400 million fortune had been wiped out in the
credit crunch.

This week we have heard his wife Michelle call Scot, a “fixer” to the
super-rich, a liar. In a continuing and bitter divorce